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Wellesley, MA
Public School Ratings




Wellesley Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data


Wellesley School District details

Wellesley School District
40 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley, MA 02481

4,290 Students enrolled in District

10 Schools in District

11 Students Per Classroom (State average is 12)

Wellesley School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.5% of all MA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.1% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

80 60 40 20 0
73%
42%
73%
43%
73%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Ernest F Upham School
35 Wynnewood Rd
Wellesley, MA, 02481
KG-05
Hunnewell School
28 Cameron Street
Wellesley, MA, 02482
KG-05
John D Hardy School
293 Weston Rd
Wellesley, MA, 02482
KG-05
Joseph E Fiske School
45 Hastings Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
KG-05
Katharine Lee Bates School
116 Elmwood Rd
Wellesley, MA, 02481
KG-05
Preschool At Wellesley Schools School
63 Hastings Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
PK-PK
Schofield School
27 Cedar Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
KG-05
Sprague Elementary School
401 School Street
Wellesley, MA, 02482
KG-05
Wellesley Middle School
50 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
06-08
Wellesley Sr High School
50 Rice Street
Wellesley, MA, 02481
09-12

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.6% 58.3%
Black 4.1% 9.8%
Hispanic 6.2% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 17.1% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,202 $69,050,124 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,437 $11,848,694 9.7%
Staff $1,901 $9,242,662 7.5%
General Administration $119 $578,578 0.5%
School Administration $977 $4,750,174 3.9%
Operation $1,599 $7,774,338 6.3%
Transportation $588 $2,858,856 2.3%
Other $339 $1,648,218 1.3%
Total Support $7,959 $38,696,658 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,029 $14,726,998 12.0%
Total Expenditures $25,190 $122,473,780 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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